Folding bed.



J. A. DEWEY.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29.1913.

. 233759, Pateme July 17, 191.

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EQLQING Specification of Letters latent.

Patented J .1115 17, 1917- Appncation inea- Aprn as, 191s. serial No. 764,328.

T all whom t may @opor/m:

Be it known that I, `IosrAH A. DEWEY, a citi-zen of the United States, and a resident ofthe city and county of -San'Francisco and State of California, havev 'invented .certain new and useful 'Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a speoiication.

The invention relates to folding beds which are adapted to vbe moved from a horizontal to a vertical position andi vice versa.

The object of the invention is to provide a folding bedcwhieh in the vertical position lies close to the wall or in recess and which inca horizontal positionl is spaced from the wall or moved out Vof the recess.

Another object of the invention is to prnovide a cheap and simple folding bed in which the counterbalancingeEeet of the counterweight is substantially;constant. p

The invention possesses other advantageous features, which., with the foregoing, will be set forth at length in the following description where I shall outline in full that form of the invention whichI have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and `J0rrr1-11e part of the present. specification." The novelty of the'invention rwill be included in the claims succeeding said description. From this it will be apparent that I do not limit myself to the showing made by said drawings and description as I may adopt many variations within the scope of my invention as expressed in said claims.

Referring to said drawings:

*Figure 1 is a vertical section of the bed in the horizontal position, part of the bed frame being broken away to reduce the size of the ligure.

Fig. 2 is a similar View ofthe bed in the vertical or folded position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of a portion of the bed showing the position the parts assume as the bed is being moved from the horizontal 45 to the vertical position.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a portion of the bed showing the position that the parts assume as the bed is being lowered from the vertical to the horizontal position.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the slides on which the bed frame is mounted.

Fig. 6 is a cross section taken on the line A--A Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a cross section taken on the line B-B Fig. 5.

`Folding beds are usually arranged 'in a recess or wardrobe so that when they are in the folded or vertical positionthey may be concealed, and it is ldesirable that when folded they lie as close as possible to the rear wall of the recess or wardrobe so that the recess or wardrobe Vmay be shallow; It is desirable also, "however, that when the 4bed is -in the Ahorizontal position, that the head of the bed be removed from Vthe rear wall since persons have an aversion to sleeping with their heads in the recess or wardrobe. The present bed is designed to produce these two desirable results.

The device comprises a bed frame 2 provided at the foot with the pivoted legs 3 and the foot board ll. At the head end of the bed frame is arranged a iixed head frame 5 of sufficient height to accommodate the pillows and bedding, to which is pivoted or coupled the foldable head frame or top frame 6. The bed frame is pivoted adjacent the 'head end at 12 to the slides 7 which are arranged on the frames or structures 8, arranged on opposite sides of the head of the bed. The frames 8 are mounted on the floor, wall or other structure on which the bed is supported, and when the bed is to be folded into a recess, may lie within the recess. The slides 7 are preferably provided on their inner ends with rollers 9 which engage the tracks 11-12 xed on the structures 8 and bear on the rollers 13 mounted on the structures 8, so that they readily slide in and out as the bed frame is moved from one position to the other.

Fixed to the bed frame and projecting from the sides thereof is a horizontal bar or rod 14, which, in the opening movement of the bed, engages the structures 8, to cause the slides 7 to move forward, thereby moving the bed frame out of the recess or away from the wall. below the position occupied by the bar 14 when the bedframe is in a vertical position. is a cross bar 15, which is engaged by the bed frame as the bed is being closed,thereby stopping the forward movement of that part of the bed frame occurring between the head of the bed and its point of support and causing a further closing movement of the bed to Fixed to the structures 8V esL move theslides backward, sothat'the bedr" u Y Y sition, the top frame is in a vertical positlon in the closed position'lies close to'v'the'wall Orrin the recess. When the recesscon'struction is employed, a panel 16v is preferably provided on the lbttorn'of the bedk frame, so lthat when the bed is closed, the panel closes the recess and conceals the bed, When the panel construction is employed,

the lower edge of the panel, as theA bed is being opened, engages the :front faces of structures 8, and performs ythe function of the bar 14'so that in such panel construction the -bar 14 may :be omitted. Also when the recess construction is employed, *the lowerv portion of theY recess is closed by a fixed base-board 17 securedto the structures 8 or to .the wall on opposite Asides 4of the recess,

and .the upperedge of thetbase board may serve .the purpose of the bar 15, or the bar maybe. retained `for the purpose of reinforcing the upper edge of the base-board.

The means for counterbalancing the weight of the bed asit isgbeing lmoved, consists preferably of a counterweight 18 arranged on` the top frame 6, so that the counterbalancing effect thereof is effective lat the upper end of the fixed head 5. The

horizontal distance between the pivotal 'point of support of the bed frame and the top ofthe fixed head is always ofi appreci-- ablevalue and ,does not'vary reatly, so

" that the counterbalancing effect o the coun- Copies of this patentrmay be obtained for terweight: is continuousand almost constant. 'The/top frame 6 is guided at its upper Y end by the outwardly' inclined guides 19 xed to the structures 8, which are engaged by lugsor pins 21 on the, top frame. TheV inclined guides .are arranged so f that when the bed frame is in the horizontal o- I claimt' y "1.' A folding bed comprising a bed frame adapted to be moved through a vertical arc, slides/upon which said frame is pivoted, a fixed head on said frame, a foldable head ing said slides as the bed frame is moved through said are f and. means for trans# versely` moving said foldable head asrthe frame is moved through said arc.

2. A folding bed comprising a rigid, bedframe, supporting structures arranged on opposite sides of said frame, slides sup# ported by Vsaid structures to which the frame is pivoted, means attached to said frame arranged 'to engage said structures as the l frameis moved from a vertical to a horizontal position to move' said slides forward and independent means attached to said structures arranged to be engaged by said frame as the frame fis'move'd from ahorizontal to a vertical position to move n said slides backwardf Y v In testimony.

set my hand atK San.Francisco,.California,

this 23rd dayjof April,`1913. j

` `In presence of- H. G. Plios'r,n

P, S. PIDUREE;

.TosIAHa'DEwErjH Vconnected to said'fiXed head, means for mov` ,sol

whereof,` Iv have hereuntol five Acents each, by` addressing theV f Commissioner oi'. Patenti,` Washingtonvl).(2.,v n l. i 

